Bachelor

Chapter 234 Second Entry to the Examination Room
The result of the Shuntian Prefecture Examination itself was a joke. Enke, which the emperor had opened since he ascended the throne, had created such a farce in the capital. Whoever was the emperor would be utterly annoyed.

Therefore, when the emperor proposed that he himself be the chief examiner and use a match to determine the outcome of the make-up examination, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty fell silent and acquiesced to this unsystematic decision.

The fraud case in the Shuntianfu Township Examination involved a lot, let alone Sun Henian. As far as the more than 100 candidates who were arrested, many of them were the children of the family of officials and officials. What will the turmoil of the court look like?

The emperor has only been on the throne for a few months, and so far, there has not been any major conflict with the civil service system.In the Ming Dynasty, the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats jointly ruled the world. For more than 150 years since the founding of the country, the power of the monarchy and the privileges of the scholar-bureaucrats have been contested repeatedly, and it has never stopped.It is conceivable that after the emperor and the ministers get acquainted with each other, they will have a contest as usual.

Everyone was watching, and they all chose to compromise and tolerate.

The examination was soon held on the fifth day after the judgment of the Shuntianfu Township trial case, and the location was still in Gongyuan, Beijing.

Looking at the gate of Beijing Gongyuan, Sun Dan couldn't help feeling a little emotional. This is the second time he has come to this place.If he can successfully pass the Juren examination and take the next year's general examination, he will come again.

In fact, he was a little tired of the ancient imperial examinations, mainly because the examinations took too long.For example, there are three rounds of township examinations, three days each, and nine days before and after, and the papers cannot be handed in in advance.Sun Danben relied on plagiarizing the papers of his descendants to pass the test all the way, and the speed of doing the questions was astonishing. A question could be completed in half an hour at most, and the rest of the time could only be sat in the examination room with nothing to do.

Unlike the college entrance examinations of later generations, if you want to leave early, you only need to stay in the examination room for half an hour.Moreover, after finishing a subject, you can go home to eat and sleep.

The most damning thing is that the exam time is still early, which is about four o'clock in the morning Beijing time.

Sun Dan was certain that he would succeed in this provincial examination. After he came out of Beiya, he went through all the questions in his mind at home to deepen his impression.With a weapon in hand to cheat, he has nothing to worry about in this exam.To be honest, it is in Sun Dan's vital interest for the feudal society to use harsh criminal laws to crack down on cheating in the examination room.Especially the missing questions are the worst.Everyone knew the exam questions, and Sun Dan's tricks were not revealed.Speaking of stereotyped writing, there were many masters in the Ming Dynasty.Although the model essay in Sun Dan's hands is classic, if it doesn't meet the examiner's taste, it may not be able to get a good ranking.It couldn't be better for him to retake the exam now.

Firstly, no one knew the exam questions, and with the turmoil of the fraud case, the status of many candidates declined.Secondly, although Sun Dan didn't know the exam questions, but as long as he copied the model essay, he would be much better than those of the same year who rushed to the battle.

The most important thing is that there is only one test question this time, and it takes one day, so you don't have to be so bored in the test room that you want to hit the wall.

When they arrived at the entrance of the Gongyuan, the number of candidates was much smaller than last time, only about [-] people, exactly filling half of the examination room of the Gongyuan.

Sun Dan felt strange, last time there were 7000 people, why is it half less this time?
The officials in the examination room began to roll their names. Today's examination was held by the emperor himself, and the time was tight. All major yamen in the capital sent people to assist.Like the Ministry of Rites and Shuntian Mansion, the main officials were present.Jinyiwei and Dongchang also sent a large number of people to maintain order.

"Sun Dan of Shuntian Mansion." The eyes of the roll call officer lit up, and a slight smile could not help but leak from the corner of his mouth.

There was a commotion immediately in the field. Sun Dan was so eye-catching during this time that many candidates looked at him in awe.

Sun Dan walked up hurriedly: "Here is Sun Dan." Looking over again, in the light of the lantern, the official who called the roll was the old acquaintance Yang Shen.

Sun Dan felt strange: "Yongxiu, why did you come in person?"

Hearing that the official named personally was Yang Shen, the commotion was even louder, and occasionally someone was gasping for air.

These two people, one middle school and one young, can be called the two great talents of the Ming Dynasty, but they didn't want to appear in front of everyone on such an occasion.

Sun Dan smiled and saluted: "Wansheng is here."

Yang Shen smiled and grabbed his hand: "You and I are on the same level, so don't be born late. To be honest, I would like to be a teacher of this subject, but it's a pity that the emperor himself is the examiner. Maybe rob him of his disciples?"

Sun Dan expressed his doubts and asked why Yang Shen came, and why the number of candidates for this subject was reduced by half.With a gloomy look on Yang Shen's brows, he replied that the exam period was too tight, and since the emperor himself was in command, not only the people from the Shuntian Prefecture's academic and administrative office came, but even the people from the Imperial Academy were sent to examine the papers. Can all the papers be reviewed within two days, and then the rankings will be determined.

As for why the number of candidates was reduced by half, Yang Shen said angrily: "The reason why so many people came to take the test last time was mostly because of luck. Give up. Coupled with the fact that the cheating case involves a lot, more than 100 cheating candidates will of course be severely punished, and even their classmates and classmates will be dismissed. In this way, there are more than 3000 people missing in one fell swoop."

Sun Dan was speechless, and he didn't expect that this case would be so involved.

Although Sun Dan felt that it was inappropriate to ask such a question, he still couldn't help asking: "Yongxiu, I don't know how the Sun Mansion is doing now. I have been busy preparing for the exam these days, studying behind closed doors, and I don't know anything about the situation outside."

Yang Shen sighed: "What else can I do? After the death of He Nian, Sun's mansion was also raided. The servants in Sun's mansion also dispersed cleanly. Only more than 100 masters and family slaves crowded in the water chestnut temple of Sun's family temple. They lived on porridge every day. Originally, the Sun family still had a lot of treasures hidden in their bodies, so they could survive. It's a pity that Huang Jin was too good at doing things, so he took someone to copy it again and scraped the Sun family. clean."

Yang Shen said again: "Jingyuan, you are also from the Sun family. I heard that He Nian intentionally passed on the title of Marquis of Chang to you before he died. In this way, you are the patriarch of the Sun family. Logically, you should take care of him." Theirs. Hey, the Year of the Crane was also confused for a while, it's a pity."

Sun Dan: "That's right, I'm from the Sun family, so it's my duty to do this. But I have to wait until I finish the exam."

The two talked for a long time, and none of the candidates who lined up behind dared to be impatient, and they all waited quietly.

Only then did Yang Shen come to his senses, "We just focused on talking and forgot about the exam, so get the papers and go into the exam room."

(End of this chapter)